Malorian Arms, Best Weapons in Cyberpunk.

This video is about Malorian Arms, a gun manufacturer in the Cyberpunk games/ Cyberpunk 207u video game.
you probably associate malorian arms with Johnny Silverhand's massive hand cannon. and this 14mm or .577 nitro express beast that the rockerboy commissioned to fend off cyberpsycho fans is iconic. but Malorian does much more. and the .42 caliber Overture revolver is one of their more uninspired pieces of iron. I'm Marcus, military vet, former science fiction author, and former weapons instructor I usually talk about fictional weapons, but this channel is focused more on lore. so let's explore Malorian arms, their history, and some of their fun weapon designs. Eran Malour was a military veteran of some vague south American conflict, serving for eight years in the Marine Corps, potentially fighting alongside Johnny Silverhand. that's not official lore, but them having a prior relationship would make sense. anyway. eran malour started a gunsmithing business that gained a good following of Night City Solos. he was able to expand to a zero gravity facility on the Chrystal palace, you know, the really fancy place. he was good. but about 30 years before cyberpunk 2077, he pretty much stopped putting out anything new. we don't know why, so let's go over some of his designs before that. as a manufacturer with a reputation for heavy firepower, he didn't use gunpowder too often. the malorian arms sliver gun used flywheels, the things in electric nerf guns, to shave off 4 centimeter long ceramic fragments from a block, sending them out at 1200 feet per second. essentially a close range shotgun that was only as loud as an electric toothbrush. it didn't do too much damage, but punched through armor. his heavy flechette pistol fired 120 grain 4mm tungsten spikes at 1700 feet per second using a high capacity liquid gas propellant. elan malour really liked unconventional designs. this thing shredded armor, but could only be fired by someone with the right safety chip in a bracelet or implanted. really cool design, and I think we're starting to see some inspiration for Silverhand's gun. next up is essentially a larger submachine gun version of Silverhand's pistol—at least they both fired similar 14mm rounds. this was designed for at least someone with at least two cyberarms and reinforced muscles and bones, but more for full body conversion cyborgs. which, side note, cyberpunk red is coming out with them and I'm excited. anyway. the malorian arms 3600 super smg was pretty inaccurate, but could crack heavy armor at point blank range.that was useful. he also partnered with Beretta to make a more traditional submachine gun with a 3 round underbarrwl grenade launcher. launcher was also sold separately. because eran malour likes power. last smg before we get to his biggest gun, his sub flechette gun. this thing was based on the German space magic g11 which I talk about regularly, and fires a 10mm round that's itself packed with six steel penetrators that shred through armor. I really like how all his weapons either brute force their way through armor with massive rounds, or bypass it with small darts. all his guns have the same goal, but different ways of achieving it. and the big guns, the malorian arms assault cannon he made specifically for legendary solo Morgan blackhand, the only rival Adam Smasher had. this thing might sound familiar. it fires 75 caliber smart grenades using a low power charge to keep recoil easy, these projectiles are actually rocket-powered, laser-guided micro-missiles similar to smart bullets with fragment-doped explosive-gel warheads. since it's low recoil, this thing is made of carbon composites and that make it incredibly light. it's a warhammer 40k space marine bolter, but if the Imperium didn't fear technology. this video was a lot of fun to make. if there's any other Cyberpunk things you're interested in, let me know.
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